The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has applauded the President, Muhammadu Buhari on his latest decision to appoint Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
Ayodele Fayose while commending the latest development under the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration said: “Even though the President acted late, it is still commendable that he listened to Nigerians by not allowing the judicial institution, which is the last hope of the common man to be further bastardized.”
Fayose in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, on Wednesday noted: “I waited till now to commend President Buhari because I wanted to be sure that the letter seeking Justice Onnoghen’s confirmation was actually transmitted and read at the floor of the Senate. Also, I needed to be sure that the letter did not get missing at the national assembly like the 2016 budget, new items smuggled into it or it gets padded on transit.”
He added: “Even though the name was forwarded by the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, the Acting President couldn’t have done that without the concurrence of President Buhari even though he is resting in the United Kingdom.”
Fayose in the statement further called on the Nigerian senate to waste no time in confirming the new CJN while he urged Justice Onnoghen to help in sustaining democracy by working against plots by the All Progressive Congress, APC-led administration to turn Nigeria into a mono-party state.
“Opposition is one of the major ingredients of democracy and any attempt to kill opposition will spell doom democracy in the country. The judiciary must therefore resist the APC sinister plot to deny Nigerians their fundamental rights to freedom of association and expression.
“Justice Onnoghen should strive to uphold a judiciary that will be seen by all Nigerians as their last hope in practice and indeed.”